You are currently viewing a new version of our website. To view the old version click .

Biology, Volume 14, Issue 12

December 2025 - 170 articles

Cover Story: In traditional Mediterranean olive groves on Lesvos Island, we explored the denning behavior of Persian squirrels (Sciurus anomalus), a species of conservation concern in Greece. Based on detailed structural, physiological, and thermal data from 288 centennial olive trees, we identified that den trees are markedly distinct: taller, older, more productive, and with exceptional microclimatic buffering capacity. Our findings reveal that squirrels select olive trees functioning as self-regulating biophysical units that jointly optimize structural shelter and thermal stability. This highlights the ecological value of High Nature Value olive groves as critical refugia for arboreal mammals and emphasizes the need to maintain structurally and physiologically mature trees within traditional agroecosystems.View this paper
  • Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
  • You may sign up for email alerts to receive table of contents of newly released issues.
  • PDF is the official format for papers published in both, html and pdf forms. To view the papers in pdf format, click on the "PDF Full-text" link, and use the free Adobe Reader to open them.

Articles (170)

  • Article
  • Open Access
312 Views
14 Pages

Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Analysis of Five Cultrinae Species in West Dongting Lake Based on Cytb and COI Genes

  • Yihan Ma,
  • Jia Pan,
  • Haiqi Li,
  • Peng Liu,
  • Weikun Zeng,
  • Boyong Peng,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Zhongyuan Shen and
  • Xiaoyang Mo

18 December 2025

Aiming to understand the genetic diversity of Culter and Cultrichthys fishes in West Dongting Lake following the implementation of fishing ban, this study analyzed the genetic diversity and phylogeny of five Cultrinae species based on mitochondrial C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
320 Views
21 Pages

Mechanistic Study of Hypoxia-Mediated Regulation of Osteoblast Senescence via ATP6V1A-Dependent Modulation of Metabolic Remodeling

  • Hefang Xiao,
  • Yi Chen,
  • Xuening Liu,
  • Rongjin Chen,
  • Chenhui Yang,
  • Fei Yang,
  • Changshun Chen,
  • Bin Geng and
  • Yayi Xia

18 December 2025

Background: Osteoblast senescence constitutes one of the major mechanisms in bone degeneration and is under tight regulation by metabolism and oxidative stress. While hypoxia has recently emerged as an important microenvironmental factor influencing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
417 Views
25 Pages

18 December 2025

Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) have long been recognized for their essential role in mediating thermotolerance via the activation of heat shock proteins (HSPs). Recent studies, however, have significantly broadened this view, revealing that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
282 Views
27 Pages

Microbial Degradation of Chromium-Tanned Leather During Thermophilic Composting: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Microbial Communities and Structural Disruption

  • Manuela Bonilla-Espadas,
  • Irene Lifante-Martinez,
  • Mónica Camacho,
  • Elena Orgilés-Calpena,
  • Francisca Arán-Aís,
  • Marcelo Bertazzo and
  • María-José Bonete

18 December 2025

Inefficient chromium (III)–collagen cross-linking during leather tanning generates solid waste and effluents containing residual chromium, raising environmental and health concerns. Biological strategies are increasingly popular for tannery was...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
262 Views
18 Pages

The Role of TRPV1 in Type 1 Diabetes

  • Kelly Silva-Picazo and
  • Euan R. O. Allan

18 December 2025

Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is an ion channel expressed in sensory neurons, immune cells, pancreatic islets, and vascular tissues. Initially recognized for its role in thermosensation and nociception, TRPV1 has emerged as a key r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
310 Views
18 Pages

17 December 2025

The silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a filter-feeding fish species, characterized by significant morphological transformations in its filter-feeding apparatus, particularly the gill rakers, which are closely associated with dietary change...

  • Article
  • Open Access
439 Views
18 Pages

17 December 2025

The differentiated responses of biological groups to environmental change are central to river ecosystem management; however, the shared and distinct environmental selection processes that shape their spatial patterns remain understudied. We investig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
421 Views
19 Pages

Hospital-Based Genomic Surveillance of Klebsiella pneumoniae: Trends in Resistance and Infection

  • Erica Olund-Matos,
  • Ricardo Franco-Duarte,
  • André Santa-Cruz,
  • Maria Nogueira,
  • Margarida Correia-Neves,
  • Diana Lopes,
  • Rui Jorge Silva,
  • Margarida Ribeiro Araújo,
  • Inês Monteiro Araújo and
  • Ana Filipa Martins
  • + 5 authors

16 December 2025

Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections representing a growing threat driven by emerging multidrug resistance (MDR) and hypervirulence. In this study, we aim to characterise the genomic and epidemiological landsc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
339 Views
14 Pages

Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Spotted Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii) from Huanglong Mountain, Shaanxi, China, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Moschidae

  • Kuo Sun,
  • Xiao Tan,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Ying Dai,
  • Kun Bian,
  • Feiran Li,
  • Lijuan Suo,
  • Xiaojuan Du,
  • Chao Yang and
  • Jie Tang

16 December 2025

Musk deer (Moschidae), a primitive lineage within Ruminantia, are distributed across East Asia and have long been of interest in molecular phylogenetic research. The spotted forest musk deer from Huanglong (HL) Mountain in Shaanxi, China, has long be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
531 Views
45 Pages

Unraveling a 150-Year-Old Enigma: Psalidodon rivularis (Acestrorhamphidae: Acestrorhampinae), a Species Complex or a Polymorphic Species?

  • Igor Henrique Rodrigues-Oliveira,
  • Priscila Martins de Assis,
  • Luiz Guilherme Pereira Pimentel,
  • Rafael Augusto Silva Soares,
  • Iuri Batista da Silva,
  • Renan Rodrigues Rocha,
  • Fabiano Bezerra Menegidio,
  • Rubens Pasa and
  • Karine Frehner Kavalco

16 December 2025

Psalidodon rivularis, a fish endemic to the São Francisco River Basin and known as “piaba do córrego,” has long been regarded as a widely distributed species complex, exhibiting remarkable morphological and cytogenetic varia...

of 17

Get Alerted

Add your email address to receive forthcoming issues of this journal.

XFacebookLinkedIn
Biology - ISSN 2079-7737